News about Solar, Wind and alternative green power technologies

Solar Powered Water Purification Systems – Mobile MaxPure

An innovative stand-alone solar-powered water purification system has been introduced to the market by Worldwater & Solar Technologies Incorporated. It is a machine built with a pump, filter, to desalinate water and to purify. The system does also provide energy for purposes such as communication. The standalone machine has already several successful stories across the [...]

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Minor Changes To the Tiniest Parts In Solar Cells Yields Surprising Rise In Efficiency

A team of engineers from University of Buffalo has been able to significant increase the conversion rate of solar-energy technology by tweaking the tiniest parts of the cells. At University of Buffalo, researchers have already demonstrated that embedding quantum dots into modern photovoltaic cells increase the energy output significantly. It allows the cells to generate [...]

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Solar Industry Experienced Steady Growth in America – 2011

Recent the Solar Energy Industries Associated, Washington released a review on the solar energy market of U.S in 2011. The report says that the solar market has experienced as strong growth in 2011; with falling cost and rising employment creation. Some facts of the Solar Market in 2011 have been recorded in this article: 1. [...]

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“Dark State” Increasing Solar Efficiency by 44 %

Xiaoyang Zhu a chemist at University of Texas at Austin says that the conversion efficiency of traditional solar cells can be radically improved based on new ways of converting solar energy. According to Zhu’s team, it was found that the efficiency of harnessing electrons from a single photon of sunlight could be doubled by the [...]

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China is Going Green & There Are Strong Reasons For Doing So

China is steadily encouraging environmental improvement as a strategy to reduce the healthcare cost associated with thousands of people falling sick due to pollution levels. Apparently, the world’s largest polluter is investing most in green technology. This shows the country’s intention to rapidly reduce greenhouse gases. And to change her reputation as a polluter to [...]

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Solar Power to Reach Grid Parity In 5 Years

India’s government says that solar power will cost the same as typical electricity within five years from now. In 2017, the tariff of solar power will be on the same rate as thermal energy. Recent trend has shown a significant decrease in price per project.. The renewable-energy minister says that companies are bidding at rate [...]

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Will Mars Be a Hub For Nuclear Energy Or Solar Power?

Opportunity and Spirit were the two last NASA Mars rovers sent to outer-space in 2003. They used solar energy as a source of energy. However, from Cape Canaveral, in November 2011 another rover has started its mission but with nuclear power. Spirit and Opportunity – Solar Powered Rovers Apparently, solar power and nuclear power have [...]

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Reviewing The Future Design Of Solar Technology

Solar technology is becoming more and more flat. This applies to household solar panels, industrial solar arrays in the desert; Solar panels are literally defined by its flat shape. Yet, solar panels do not need to be flat. In our natural world, practically nothing is flat and therefore why should solar panels continue to have [...]

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IEA Says Renewable Energy Will Represent 18 % of Global Energy Supply in 2035

International Energy Agency (IEA) said in their 2011 World Energy Outlook that the share of renewable energy would rise by 5% in 25 years. Currently, renewable energy contributes to 13 % of the global energy mix. The International Energy Agency says that by 2035, this figure is likely going to rise to 18 %. This [...]

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The Solar Industry Might Struggle – Feed-in Tariff Being Cut

Are the subsidies cuts, levied by the government, out reduce the prospects of rapidly expanding solar companies such as Engensa – which is yet in its infant stage? The young owners of the company share with us insights into the model which they are working on, in a bid to keep Engensa up and running. [...]

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